I’ve been working away on a job there for the last few days and part of the concept is to use social media/networking icons within the design. I needed to have a consistent style for them and they also needed to be in vector format so I could use them at any size… So, I decided to draw some up, and here they are for you to download – gratis.
The icons here are for RSS, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, You Tube, Last FM, Linked In and Podcasts. If I ever draw up some more in the same style I’ll add those too ;))
Click to download FREE Social Media/Networking Icons
File is in Adobe Illustrator (.ai) format.
When becoming a freelancer you often dream romantically that all will be great, jobs will be easy to find, you have superb client relationships, all your bills get paid with plenty to spare and most important of all – you LOVE what you do…
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Dyslexic Designers and Signwriters
Apologies in advance for being a pedant, but I just have to get this off my chest. It’s about time I had a little rant – my therapist says it’s good to release anger in an effective and constructive way. So here goes…
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Someone asked me the other day “What was it like working in Coventry?”, naturally, my response was “generally shit”, but then I remembered… oh wow… I got to work with The Specials!
Thanks to some rather excellent blagging by my cohort, Chris Dalton, we managed to bag a rather lucrative job rebranding The Specials for a comeback album, singles and tour – our first major freelance design project. This was a revitalised Specials (without original members Terry Hall and Jerry Dammers) who had got back together and recorded a collection of their own personal favourite tunes for the “Today’s Specials” album.
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I guess every single one of us is sick of hearing the word “recession” right now. The sad fact is that just about every single one of us in business in Ireland is having to deal with its effects on a daily basis. Of course, not all those effects are necessarily negative. There are ways to take advantage of this current economic climate, particularly in the design world. Here’s how…
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